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A history on insane asylums and the multi-generational movements for the rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. Mary De Young, professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University and author of Madness: An American History of Mental Illness and its Treatment
Philip Maldari speaks to journalist Reese Erlich who has been on the ground in Syria where the United States, Russia, Turkey and many others are operating in the multitude of overlapping conflicts. We focus on Turkey’s role. Who are they targeting and with what intent? In the second half, we talk to East Bay Express journalist David Downs. He’ll tells … Continued
Center for American Progress Hosts Netanyahu as Leaked Emails Show Group Censored Staff on Israel; Our Economy Is Not Working: JCenter for American Progress on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15; “A Very Big Mistake”: Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP; Stiglitz: Sanders is Right–Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare, Sick … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Fighting racist police violence and homelessness in Salinas California. Also, was the pro pot vote stolen electronically in Ohio last Tuesday? And Pappy Bush spills the beans, sort of, on his son’s huge blunder into Iraq in 2003.
If it’s just a matter of time before humans create self-aware, artificially intelligent machines and robots, then what can Buddhist thought offer to that enterprise? James Hughes thinks Buddhist psychology and cosmology can and should inform the creation and design of AI beings. For one thing, Hughes doesn’t believe it’s ethical to create self-aware machine minds … Continued
Charles Lewis, author of 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in town again and he’s here to ask President Obama for more money and weapons. Though Israel already receives more of America’s foreign aid budget than any other nation, Netanyahu is requesting an increase in aid from 3 billion dollars to 5 billion per year for the next 10 years. Then, an Antarctic … Continued
GOP Candidates Spar on Syria & Immigration, But Agree on One Thing: Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage; Jamil Smith: After Scapegoating African-Americans for Years, GOP Faces “Black Bogeyman” Ben Carson; Cuban-American Candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Tout Immigrant Narratives Despite Stances on Reform; Terror in Little Saigon: New Doc Ties US-Allied Kill Squad to Unsolved … Continued
Dr. Kaku answers questions from listeners. Guest: Dr. Dana McKenzie, talks about the origin of the moon.